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Chris Luckett
In many categories this year, there’s an expected winner, but some of the biggest categories this year are as tight as a coin flip. (Anyone who’s confident in the Best Picture winner for 2017 hasn’t done enough research.)
So what should you expect to see win tonight? What should you go with for your Oscar pool? Grab your homemade ballots and read on…
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Chris Luckett
No analysis (yet). No rambling pretence. Here they are, in all their glory: the 90th Academy Award nominations.
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Chris Luckett
This morning at the crack of dawn, a half-dozen of Hollywood’s elite will announce to the world the nominations for the 90th Academy Awards. What movies can you expect to be up for the treasured trophies this year? It’s a more contentious year than most, but while the winners are likely to hold some unpredictable surprises this year, it’ll be the same batch of movies showing up in category after category.
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Chris Luckett
With just a few hours until the winners begin being announced, we’re fast approaching the deadline for people’s Oscar bets. Need some last-minute help? Here are my predictions of the movies that’ll be bringing home the gold tonight, ranked in order of their wins’ likelihood.
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Chris Luckett
Since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences expanded their Best Picture category to up-to-10 nominees, there’ve been even more movies to catch up on than there used to be. On top of that, sometimes life just gets in the way of seeing them all.
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Chris Luckett
This was a year without many surprises — unless you consider La La Land tying the record for the most Academy Award nominations surprising. More analysis and review will be written in the weeks to come about this year’s crop of nominees, but for now, the nominations…
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Chris Luckett
This morning at the crack of dawn, a half-dozen of Hollywood’s elite will announce to the world the nominations for the 89th Academy Awards. What movies can you expect to see up for the treasured trophies this year? It’s a less contentious year than most, but expect to hear a few of the same names many times over.
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Chris Luckett
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), held every September, is generally considered to mark the beginning of Oscar season, with many award hopefuls and buzz-about contenders making their debut.
TIFF’s director and chief executive Piers Hendling, joined by artistic director Cameron Bailey, held a news conference to reveal this year’s crop, featuring cowboys, whistleblowers, and a Ryan Gosling-Emma Stone reunion.
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Chris Luckett
Left your Oscar ballot to the last minute? Want to show up your friends with a little friendly competition? Here’s my guide for what to expect tonight during the 88th Academy Awards. Continue reading
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Chris Luckett
Tomorrow’s the Super Bowl of movies: The Oscars. More than in most years, the 88th Academy Awards’ nominations are relatively fair in recognition of what actually was the best in cinema in 2015. Of course, as protested snubs like Ridley Scott and Idris Elba illustrate, what’s nominated for Oscars is never exactly what you’d think should be. Now, if I nominated the Oscars… Continue reading
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